Snow-plow.



virles GEORGE V7. GEBHAR-T. OF SUNBUEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Application filed February 10. 1.915.

lle it known that 1. (Quentin ll. (inniun'r, citizen of the 'l nitcil States. residing at tsunhurv, in the county ol Northtimberland aml Slate ol Pennsylvania. have invented vertain new and useful lin n'oveinents in ta'now-llows: and l do hereby declare the 'lollowingr to he a full. clear, and, exact (lesr-riplion oi the invention. such as will en- ;\l)lt others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make anzl use the same.

My invention relates to snow plows, or ]1()\\"(ll'(lll.'(3U track cleaners for ren'ioving snow from railway tracks.

lt has for an object the cmistruction of an implement of the class (lQSCI'l OGLl which is at once simple and (lurahle in (,(illSll'llQllOlLlllll highly ellicient in the performance of its intended functions.

As a further object this invention contemplates and provides for a novel arrangement oi plow-shares or mold-boards, and of an atljustahle shunting hoard or slicing plate, whereby ch'il ts may be reaclily cut up, (li- \'i le(l antl tlelivered to either 01' both sides of the plow as occasion requires.

As a further object this invention pronovel. convenient and ellective means for throwi. said shunting board or slicing lilailc tron: one operative position to an other, means for ten'iporarily locking;- and relaining same in any of its aeljustecl positions. antl means for preventing cl i'l'ts, into which the plow may he forced. from suhmerging the plow, a nd also interfering with the view or the engine operator.

With these ancl other objects in view the present invention. will he liereinafteitpartimilarly described anti pointed outin the claims.

in the accompanying drawings which rorin part of this application for Letters atent. and whereon corresponding numerals refer to like parts in the several views: l igurc 1 is a sitie elevation ofmy invention in its entirety. mounted upon the rails of an ordinary railway track, and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same taken on the line 22, Fig. 1, showing the bulk the structure in plan. Fig. 3 is also a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 ol? l. P is a detached in side elevation anon ieci "l said shunting securing said t as, and, Fig. 5 is a w hoa rm. am.

Specification of Letters Patent.

end oil said shaft 1'! Serial No. 7.258.

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Reference being hati numerals thereon. l the plow structure any approved. mate ial. 0 preferably of sheet steel till. hea ed to hold same upon the in eh; an. its ramming properties when 'lorcil i into a snow drift. This plow hotly l is vieled with a suitable cal; 2, having v and side windows 3. and is mounted up car wheels land ordinary tra as ii cated by Fig. 1. The extreme 1' out or Vance oneof hotly l. constitu member is unrwz'zrrlly inclined, lowermost horizonnl ie iugz' intermediate position. w i minutes in a na. row lior nietliately hack el th a front wall of cal: 2 ijiitiil f rises vertically anal is sill): all v t with its apex atlva meal to the center i shell 7. This inn i-hoar l by preference cons itlly secured in pl tical etlges i'lush eah 2, and, its

a means of facilitating and throwing (-l a' upon one or he Projecting i'orwaro ately below its "tr-out win else zentally arranged oaijioov sheet steel. which li he snow heio'iv wii top is supporteil at rights 12. 12 having c 13, 13 for slicing into (i. Between these uprights ii i movable outer or 'lr e 14, of a vertically arranged shunting homo or (lri'tt divider 15. formed of 4; *l'elv disposed plates. and. desired. mediate core of lighter material at its opposite or inner porting shaft 17 journa et' as at 18. 1Q the. h tut structure, t'iilfl p: l eanopy top 11 as upon the uppi-irin over which secure? termesbinn with which rack is a beveled into the cab "2, slum n. by dotted lines in Pig. son the innerniest end of said shaft is rigidly secured an operating Wneei 23, and upon this. or said shaft adjacent to ikewise affixed a locking rack :24 l: pe rai note-nee 25, into one or of icl ii 28 of a lock h, pivntsll ted to the cab adapted te ion the purpose '2 l shunting beard in any of its.

eistood that I do net culai material or I y :51 manner of them in complete opersv vor'o s changes in. these e in de by persons unit or securing ativc esiuen, respects skilled late, u itiiout n" iv, dcgpaiting from the 1'; of the invention 1i operation the esent plow does i: inateriaily from other devices of amctei' in common use, but in efii- '15 'I'ucticn enience of maniputy the piesent invention ce in. ai-t. For exed tc clear. snow from i i. 1 is necessary only w ment with diver s ne to the i' e it of upon its sup- .uion shown by with its adsupported upon the side En tion and reiaii n )1 p2 v rent that when the plow is H i. v of snow, such \a drift ior inst:

ity is 'seliai'ged, as the pinw advances, over the i band blade 10, which latter by reason 0 its overhanging arrangement insuzes l livery outside 01" and to the right of the mils upon which the structure moves.

If for various reasons it is desirable to discharge to the let; this may immediately be provided 'fioi' by a i'evei'sal of the positiozi 0f the adjustable shunting member 15, through the agency of the apparatus previously described; and should it be desired 1. in snev plow the combination with a plow body having an advance upwardly in clined scooping surface, of a vertically arranged reei'ivardly diverging mold board having its apex adjacent to and directed toward said scooping surface, an adjustable shunting board pivoted vertically in vadvance of said mold board, rack midi pinion,

mechanism for swinging: said shunting board, an operating Wheel for controlling said mechanism, and means for loclnng Sfkld mechanism in any of its ad gusted positions.

2. in a snow plow the combination with a plow bndy having an advance upwardly mcbned scooping surface, of vertically ar- "ranged x-earu'ardly diverging mold-board having its apex adjacent t0 and directed to Ifiiti said scooping surface, an adJustable shunts pivoted vertically in advance 0[ said =ld-boond, means for locking said sbunti nard in any at its adyusted posiosed top surmounting said scooping; and old-board elements, and stancbions "In aid top at the front of the structu also as supports for the outer edge of the said shunting board.

In testimony whereof i aiiix my signature, in presence out two subs ing wiii ses.

REORGL' GEE 

